D. C. Now. Good morning. Im melanie alnwick. The other big story this week of course, the bitter blast of cold weather. It is still gripping many parts of the midwest, northeast, and of course were feeling it here around our region. Its making some dangerous conditions outside. Lets take a live look here in northwest d. C. Nice sunrise coming up. Sunday is off to another chilly start. So were going to go down to gwen talbart in the Weather Center to find out if any relief is in sight. Hi, gwen. Good morning. Were off to a chilly start. But for those of you who are tired of this very cold weather, there is a short break coming ahead. Lets see where we stood in terms of our numbers yesterday. 37 at reagan national. 37 dulles. And 34 at bwi marshall. Temperatures should have been into the low 40s. Didnt make it there at all. We had cool conditions. 24 in annapolis now, same at baltimore. 25 at dulles. 22 for martinsburg and 19 at winchester. Winds are light, but it is cool. Not a lot happ
In new york city, temperatures remain below freezing all week. Cold weather right now how serious is this . So, you know, its pretty serious. Reporter dr. Jeffrey rabrich is the medical director of emergency medicine at st. Lukes hospital. You can get confusion dizzence, people can pass out. Your heart could even stop if your temperature gets low enough. Reporter Donna Graziano says the dangerously cold weather wont stop her from making sure sandy victims have hot meals and a place to get warm. Its a place for the residents to come, sit down like a human being and eat. Reporter another major ice storm will bring snow sleet and freezing rain to the midwest tonight before moving to the midatlantic and northeast. Forecasters, warn there could be widespread Power Outages and icy roads. Jim. Axelrod now to the cost of the flu epidemic thats gripped the country. So far this year, Insurance Companies have paid out at least 100 million more than last year to cover doctor and hospital visits. T
Chocolate chips and money. Exactly. Money, honey. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today president elect donald trump named the c. E. O. Of exxon mobil, Rex Tillerson, to be secretary of state. The Senior Member of the cabinet. Tillerson was chosen because hes made successful deals with heads of state all around the world, but those could be ties that bind. Tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with Vladimir Putin of russia. The lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. Also today, mr. Trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. Major garrett begins our coverage. We just couldnt be more grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven will, leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. Reporter Rex Till